speargrass

See also: spear grass

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Etymology

From spear +‎ grass.

Noun

speargrass (countable and uncountable, plural speargrasses)

  1. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
    1. Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
    2. Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
    3. Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
    4. Species of Poa (bluegrass etc)
    5. Species of Stipa (feathergrass), typically Stipa calamagrostis
  2. Species of Aciphylla (Spaniard grass)

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